“We all of us waited for him to die. The family sent him a check every month, and hoped he'd get on with it quietly, without too much vulgar fuss.”

“Buffett told the students that at age 75, he tap dances to work everyday. He hoped students had a job where they felt the same about going to work.”

“My grandmother is a Russian immigrant and, as a child, I always dreamed of going to Russia and opening a nonprofit there. I learned Russian as a teenager through studying books in the hopes of moving there.”

“It's nerve-racking. We are trying to work on a ninth, and I hope that we can continue the tradition here. There is a lot of pressure on me, and I want to them to succeed.”

“I didn't know what happened. I asked the boys and they weren't really sure. I'm hoping that he's going to be okay and that he'll be able to get back playing.”

“It's important for us to make hopeful creations - because Lord knows we've done enough of the other kind. We're just trying to give both sides of the story.”

“I didn't think it was enough to just observe from a distance. To hope for a better world, like Ghandi said, we have to be the change we want to see in the world.”

“We are thrilled to give Mick and Phil the Number 1 bib for the race, and hope their story will inspire others to have a go in the future. We are proud to have them in the race.”

“To one who believes that really good industrial conditions are the hope for a machine civilization, nothing is more heartening than to watch conference methods and education replacing police methods.”

“[But golfer Mike Weir's name never came up, and Roseanne's did.] Our hope, ... is that you can take a little slice from each state and remember it forever.”